Chapter 676: Thorn Three
A few rounds later, Ray Allen hit a long-range three-pointer from the top of the arc, forcing Popovich to call a timeout.
After the timeout, the Spurs made adjustments, and Manu Ginobili came on in place of Bowen.
"The Spurs are going to lose if they continue to play like this, the Warriors are getting better and better, and the interference at home doesn't seem to have any effect." Hubby Brown, who has been rushing between the two places for the past two days, said with a little pity.
"The Warriors have extended their lead to 10 points, and the Spurs' defense seems to be in danger of a fault, and Yang Di stands on the most uncomfortable point of the Spurs' defense, a little deeper, the Spurs can wrap it, and a little shallower, he is not that much of a threat."
Hubby Brown analyzed: "I think the biggest problem is the imbalance between the offensive feel of the two teams, the Warriors have hit many long shots since the second quarter, like Ray Allen and Danny Granger have given Yang Di enough outside firepower support, just like the Orlando Magic team today, their team building ideas are similar to the Warriors, and then the periphery of the team with Howard as the core, with a bunch of shooters." ”
"Haha, it may take a long time for the Magic team to reach the level of the Warriors, after all, Dwight Howard is still just a defensive player now, and compared to Yang Di's super offensive ability, it is far from it."
On the court, Yang Di advanced forward with the ball, and at the top of the three-point line, he covered the moving Ray Allen without the ball.
Ray Allen received the ball, Jandy blocked Bowen with both arms, Ray Allen pulled the ball horizontally, and Duncan chased Ray Allen with open arms, not giving him an easy chance to shoot.
"Here!"
Yang Di raised his arm high and pushed Bowen in, displacing the advantage.
Ray Allen's wrist flicked, the basketball hoisted over, Yang Di immediately bowed in after receiving the ball, and "banged", like a heavy truck, crashed into Bowen's body.
Although Bruce Bowen is one of the best outside defenders in the league, he weighs only 84 kilograms, which is 20 kilograms behind Yang Di, and his strength is also very different.
"Bang!"
Yang Di turned in, his strong back squeezed Bruce Bowen, Duncan and Elson flew in at the same time to make up for the defense, but they were still a beat slow, and Yang Di hit the board and hit the basket.
68-53, the Warriors led the Spurs by 15 points.
Ginobili hit a three-pointer and Duncan hit a mid-range jumper.
The 5-0 run forced Montgomery to call a timeout, and after the lead became smaller, he called a timeout to temporarily stabilize the situation, and at the same time, Montgomery rotated the lineup, replacing Monta Ellis and replacing Derrick Fisher.
At the end of the third quarter, the Spurs trailed the Warriors by 12 points, 62-74.
The Warriors fans high-fived and hugged each other excitedly, and even though Oakland was far away, they still exuded enthusiasm as if they were there.
Yang Di sat on the bench, took a glass of water handed over by the staff, and looked up at the big screen.
There is data on every player on the court on the big screen, Yang Di got a big double-double of 27 points and 17 rebounds on 11-of-19 shooting, and it is not surprising that his rebounding number in this game can exceed 20.
In the playoffs, it is not the first time that Yang Di has obtained such data, saying that he is a super monster since the new century, because he can obtain such terrifying data, even if it is Duncan, he does not have Yang Di to obtain so many explosive data at such a high frequency.
After Yang Di looked up, he found that Monta Ellis had also scored 15 points in this game, which was one more point than Ray Allen.
"Monta is so powerful, and the progress is really great." Yang Di sighed, Monta's defense has developed into a steal-type gambling guard, and the offense has become the Warriors' Ginobili, and it is not particularly difficult to score more than 20 points while maintaining the three-point shot.
"I love his breakthrough, the young man is really fast as a bolt of lightning." Derrick Fisher didn't mind that Monta Ellis' play was crowding out his playing time, and he was a backup point guard when Byron Davis was there, but now his role has changed a little more.
"In fact, the most important thing in defense is not steals and blocks, real defense should be aimed at disrupting the opponent's offensive rhythm and not allowing players to easily get space to shoot." Yang Di has a lot of experience in defense, although Monta Ellis has a lot of steals in a game, but compared with his steals, there are also a lot of leaks, steals may be converted into scores, but the speed of losing points is faster when leaking.
"Yes, some of the players don't have the stats, but the defense is really good."
The two talked about the Spurs' defense, in fact, the Spurs' defense is still very strong, but in order to deal with Yang Di, the Spurs were forced to shrink the line, giving the Warriors outside players a lot of opportunities.
In the previous two games in San Antonio, the hand feeling was very poor, and the Spurs unscrupulously wrapped Yang Di, so Yang Di was still cut super data.
Today, the feeling is all bursting, and the Spurs are suddenly a little overwhelmed.
After the start of the fourth quarter, Monta Ellis, the "tailwind general", scored consecutive points with the ball, made a layup on the inside, and hit a precise two-point jumper on the outside, and the Spurs never found a chance to recover the score.
Duncan, Ginobili and Parker didn't get off the break, and the troika gave it their all.
Yang Di, Ray Allen and others rested for less than two minutes before re-playing, and with such a lead, it would be the most pity to turn the Spurs around.
Both sides went all out, and Yang Di was refouled for a dunk across Elson.
Luckily, he had excellent balance, landed on all fours almost at the same time, and stood up like no one else to make free throws.
Yang Di hit both free throws, and Duncan and Elson both had four fouls.
Yang Di also had 3 fouls, 2 to Duncan, but Duncan only hit 2 of these 4 free throws, and Duncan's free throw shooting rate is also about 7 percent all year round, which is good in the NBA, but compared with Yang Di, it is much worse.
Yang Di maintained an 80% free throw shooting rate, reaching the level of qualified or even excellent among NBA guards.
The Warriors continued to attack, the Spurs never found a way to defend, and the cheering of the entire arena gradually became quieter, and morale became more and more low.
A team like Spurs rarely has any morale swings, but the situation is really hopeless.
In the fourth quarter, the Spurs closed the gap to just seven points when they were on the bench and the main players, but then they didn't keep it up, and it was the best chance to recover the score in the second half.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Spurs 113-97 away and advanced to the second round with a score of 4-2!
Yang Di clenched his fists and roared, standing in the center of the AT&T Center arena, avenging the defeat by the Spurs two years ago.